FILMS — FEBRUARY 2023
(Cornelius 1949) Passport to Pimlico
(Roman 2016) Peaches and Cream
(Hiller 1989) See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(Pálsson 2020) The Valhalla Murders [Brot]: Ep.1 ― Never Before Seen
(Noguchi 1967) Gappa: The Triphibian Monster [大巨獣ガッパ]
(Tenold 2023) Brandon’s Cult Movie Review: Gappa — The Triphibian Monster
(Apted 1983) Gorky Park
(Halperin 1930) Party Girl
(Korda & Pagnol 1931) Marius
(Reins 1991) Space Thunder Kids
(Tenold 2022) Brandon’s Cult Movie Review: Space Thunder Kids
(Dobkin 2020) Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
(Somerton 2023) How Hollywood Was Born Gay
(Clark 1979) Murder by Decree
(Dhont 2022) Close
First-time listening for February 2023
26486. (Kishi Bashi) Philosophize! Chemicalize! EP
26487. (Frederic Rzewski) The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
26488. (Big Thief) Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
26489. (Georges Enescu) Symphony #2 in A, Op.17
26490. (Basic Channel) Round One to Round Five 1993–99
26491. (Seo Taiji and Boys) I Know! [난 알아요]
26492. (Antonio Vivaldi) Sinfonia in G for Violin & Orchestra, RV 149
26493. (Antonio Vivaldi) Concerto in D Minor for Violin & Orchestra, RV 540
26494. (Antonio Vivaldi) Concerto in A for Violin & Orchestra, RV 552
26495. (Antonio Vivaldi) Concerto in C for Violin & Orchestra, RV 558 [variant at 8884]
26496. (Laura Veirs) The Lookout
26497. (Teeth of the Sea) Orphaned by the Ocean
26498. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #8 in D Minor for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26499. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #5 in D for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26500. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #6 in B Minor for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26501. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #1 in A for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26502. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #3 in A Minor for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26503. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #9 in F for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26504. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #7 in G Minor for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26505. (Jean-Féry Rebel) Sonata #4 in E Minor for Violin, Harpsichord & Viola da Gamba
26506. (Sharks) “Get Off the Radio” [single]
26507. (Anitta) Versions of Me
26508. (Bad Bunny) Un Verano Sin Ti
26509. (Mattafix) Signs of a Struggle
26510. (Mac Miller) Faces
26511. (Paul Mauriat) Greatest Hits
26512. (Becky G) Esquemas
26513. (Black Keys) Turn Blue
26514. (Guglielmo da Volpiano) Chanterai por mon corage [Estampie version]
26515. (Guglielmo da Volpiano) Chanterai por mon corage [Locus Musicus version]
26516. (Gabriela Cohen) Pink Is the Colour of Unconditional Love
READING — FEBRUARY 2023
25089. [2] (Robert McClodkey) Homer Price
25090. (Rosemary Sutcliffe) Beowulf [story]
25091. (Peter S. Ungar) Evolution’s Bite ― A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins
25092. (Jesús Gil Fuensanta, Alfredo Mederos Martín & Otabek Uktamovich Muminov)
. . . . . Not Far from the Limits of the Northern Uruk Culture in the Middle/Upper
. . . . . Euphrates: the Later Calcolithic Levels of Surtepe [article]
25093. (Susan Dewey, et al) Control Creep and the Multiple Exclusions Faced by Women
. . . . . in Low-Autonomy Sex Industry Sectors [article]
25094. (Raziel Reid) When Everything Feels Like the Movies
25095. (Joseph R. Bishop & Pascal Gagneux) Evolution of Carbohydrate Antigens ―
. . . . . Microbial Forces Shaping Host Glycomes? [article]
25096. (Gunnar Heinsohn) Londinium and Lundenwic Were Not 700 Years Apart [article]
25097. (Ian B. Bremmer) The Power of Crisis
25098. (Marcel Pagnol) Marius [play]
25099. (Robert McCloskey) Centerburg Tales
25100. (Tove Jansson) The Moomins and the Great Flood [Småtrollen och den stora
. . . . . översvämningen]
25101. (Tom Oosting, et al) Unlocking the Potential of Ancient Fish DNA in the Genomic
. . . . . Era [article]
25102. (Becky Chambers) To Be Taught, If Fortunate
25103. (Noam R. Izenberg, et al) The Venus Life Equation [article]
Image of the Month
FILMS — JANUARY 2023
(Hawks 1938) Bringing Up Baby
(Qudaibergen 2019) “SOS d’un terrien en détresse” [live at World’s Best, USA]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “All By Myself” [live at World’s Best, USA]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Adagio” [live at World’s Best, USA]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Give Me Your Love” [live in New York]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Mademoiselle Hyde” [live in New York]
(Sakakibara 2022) Gudetama, An Eggcellent Adventure: Ep.3 ― Is That the Best
. . . This Country Has to Offer?
(Itô 2016) Erased: Ep.1 ― Flashing Before My Eyes
(Qudaibergen 2019) “My Swan [Аққуым]” [Music Video]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “My Star [Жұлдызым]” [live at D‑Dynasty, Moscow]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Lay Down” [live at D‑Dynasty, Moscow]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Jamaica [live at D‑Dynasty, Moscow]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Mademoiselle Hyde” [live at New Wave, Sochi]
(Glennon 1930) Paradise Island
(Hitchcock 1954) Dial M for Murder
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Adai [Адай]”
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Know [Знай]” [Live version]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Papa — Mama [Әкешім-анашым]”
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Stand Up” [live Moscow Concert]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Sinful Passion” [live Moscow Concert]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Know [Знай]” [music video]
(Blagden 1985) Tripods: Ep.22 — Blessings of the Cognosc
(Blagden 1985) Tripods: Ep.23 — The Cognosc Departs
(Mossop 2018) Imagination
(Quine 1965) How to Murder Your Wife
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Olimpico [Ogni Pietra]”
(Qudaibergen 2019) “The Crown [live at Fashion Week, Xi’an]”
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Only You” [Studio Version]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Couldn’t Leave” [Music Video]
(Qudaibergen 2019) “Across Endless Dimension” [film trailer]
(Woods 1970) Equinox
(Kubrick & Spielberg 2001) A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(del Toro 2022) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
(Rebane 1975) The Giant Spider Invasion
First-time listening for January, 2023
26447. (Friedrich Gulda) Play Piano Play [10 Übungsstücke für Yuko]
26448. (Glenn Gould) Piano Sonata
26449. (Glenn Gould) Five Short Pieces for Piano
26450. (Glenn Gould) Two Pieces for Piano
26451. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “SOS d’un terrien en détresse” [live at World’s Best,
. . . . . USA, 2019]
26452. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “All By Myself” [live at World’s Best, USA, 2019]
26453. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Adagio” [live at World’s Best, USA, 2019]
26454. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Give Me Your Love” [live in New York, 2019]
26455. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Mademoiselle Hyde” [live in New York, 2019]
26456. (Omar Apollo) Ivory
26457. (Quicksilver Messenger Service) Live at Fillmore Auditorium, November 5, 1966
26458. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “My Swan [Аққуым]” [Music Video, 2019]
26459. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “My Star [Жұлдызым]” [live at D‑Dynasty, Moscow, 2019]
26460. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Lay Down” [live at D‑Dynasty, Moscow, 2019]
26461. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Jamaica [live at D‑Dynasty, Moscow, 2019]
26462. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Mademoiselle Hyde” [live at New Wave, Sochi, 2019]
26463. (Zakir Husain & Ustas Sultan Khan) Sarangi and Tabla
26464. (Pentatonix) At Home EP
26465. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Adai [Адай]” [2019]
26466. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Know [Знай]” [Live version, 2019]
26467. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Papa — Mama [Әкешім-анашым]” [live, 2019]
26468. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Stand Up” [live Moscow Concert, 2019]
26469. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Sinful Passion” [live Moscow Concert, 2019]
26470. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Know [Знай]” [music video, 2019]
26471. (Paulinho DaViola) Foi Um Rio que Passou em Minha Vida
26472. (Ferruccio Busoni) Sonata #1 in E Minor for Violin & Piano
26473. (Futurecop!) The Adventures of Starpony EP
26474. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Olimpico [Ogni Pietra]” [live 2019]
26475. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “The Crown” [live at Fashion Week, Xi’an, 2019]
26476. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Only You” [Studio Version, 2019]
26477. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Couldn’t Leave” [Music Video, 2019]
26478. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Across Endless Dimension” [film trailer, 2019]
26479. (Carl Czerny) Grande Sonate Brillante for Piano Four-Hands
26480. (Hania Rani) Home
26481. (Kishi Bashi) 151a
26482. (Arthur Sullivan) The Golden Legend, Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra
26483. (Ian Tyson) Cowboyography
26484. (Kishi Bashi) Omoiyari
26485. (Siksika Ramblers) Straight from the Rez
READING — JANUARY 2023
25071. (John Wilkins) The Discovery of a New World: or, a Discourse tending to Prove,
. . . . . that it is Probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon [1638]
25072. (Mike Curato) Flamer [graphic novel]
25073. (Richard Thompson, et al) In Search of Pleistocene Remains at the Gates of
. . . . . Europe: Directed Surface Survey of the Megalopolis Basin [article]
25074. (Matti Charlton) You’re Mine ― A True Story for Brave Little Ones [graphic story]
25075. (Eberhard Zangger & Serdal Mutlu) Putting the Luwian Culture on the Map
. . . . . [article]
25076. (Bennett Bacon, et al) An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and
. . . . . Phenological Calendar [article]
25077. (Matti Charlton) The Ballast Boy [novella]
25078. The Voynich Manuscript [facsimile]
25079. (Sachin Kundalkar) Cobalt Blue
25080. (Yvan Maligorne & Ambroise Lassalle) Iconographie funéraire de Narbonne:
. . . . . à propos d’un relief figurant un combat naval [article]
25081. (Xinyuan Zhang, et al) Mission Overview and Initial Observation Results of the
. . . . . X‑Ray Pulsar Navigation‑I Satellite [article]
25082. (Julian Winters) The Summer of Everything
25083. (Joseba Rios-Garaizar, et al) Late Prehistoric Coastal Settlement Patterns in the
. . . . . Cantabrian Region, Northern Spain [article]
25084. [2] (Michel de Montaigne) De l’amitié [original text] [read in Florio tr. at 9575]
25085. (Alex Sanchez & Julie Maroh) You Brought Me the Ocean [graphic novel]
25086. (Bert Groenewoudt, et al) Mapping Lost Woodland, An Attempt to Use the Spatial
. . . . . Distribution of Woodland-Related Place Names as a Proxy for Localizing
. . . . . Woodland in the Middle Ages [article]
25087. (Colin Legerton & Jacob Rawson) Invisible China ― A Journey Through Ethnic
. . . . . Borderlands
25088. (Nile Green) Kebabs and Port Wine: The Culinary Cosmopolitanism of Anglo-
. . . . . Persian Dining, 1800–1835 [article]
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 — The Remarkable John Wilkins
I do seriously, and upon good grounds affirm it possible to make a flying-chariot; in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic. It is not the bigness of any thing in this kind, that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see a great ship swims as well as a small cork, and an eagle flies in the air as well as a little gnat.
This engine may be contrived from the same principles by which Archytas made a wooden dové, and Regiomontanus a wooden eagle.
I conceive it were no difficult matter (if a man had leisure) to shew more particularly the means of composing it.
The perfecting of such an invention, would be of such excellent use, that it were enough, not only to make a man famous, but the age also wherein he lives. For besides the strange discoveries that it might occasion in this other world, it would be also of inconceivable advantage for travelling, above any other conveyance that is now in use.
So that notwhithstanding all these seeming impossibilities, it is likely enough, that there may be a means invented of journeying to the moon; and how happy shall they be, that are first successful in this attempt?
― John Wilkins, The Discovery of a New World: or, a Discourse tending to prove, that it is probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon, with a Discourse of the Possibility of a Passage thither (published in 1638)
Though Wilkins published this half a century before the publication of Newton’s Principia, he had a pretty good grasp of gravitation, though it remained unnamed and its nature baffled him, and could picture well enough the behaviour of bodies in space. He explicitly stated that if there were a tunnel dug through the Earth that intersected its center and ended at its antipodes, an object thrown down it would come to rest, hovering, exactly at the center. Wilkins was a mathematician, and ten years after the Discovery of a New World, published a volume called Mathematical Magick, in which he explained the general principles of mechanics, speculated on possible technological advances in the future (including flight), and urged his readers to pursue scientific studies.